• It refers to the yarn that is composed by two or more yarns that have been spun or twisted, united by twisting also. The direction of the twist is, normally, the opposite of the one in the individual ends.

• Yarn by twist

• CIETA. Vocabulary of technical terms of fabrics (English, French, Italian, Spanish). Lyon: Centre  International d’Etude des Textiles Anciens, 1964; Burnham, Dorothy. Warp and Weft. A Textile Terminology. Royal Ontario Museum, 1980.

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